Citizen groups working on coal issues

International groups

 * 350.org
 * African Energy Policy AFREPREN
 * Bank Information Center
 * CDM-Watch.org
 * Changents
 * Circle Up Now!
 * Cultural Survival
 * Earth First!
 * EARTHWORKS
 * Future Generations
 * Global Exchange
 * Global Oneness Project
 * Global Warming 101
 * Global Warming Images
 * International Accountability Project
 * International Forum on Globalization
 * Islands First
 * Kyoto 2
 * Live Climate
 * London Mining Network
 * Mines and Communities
 * Open Source Coal
 * Red Internacional Mujeres y Mineria (International Women and Mining Network)
 * TakingITGlobal
 * Tällberg Forum
 * What'sMyCO2
 * Women's Environment & Development Organization
 * World View of Global Warming
 * WWF

Australia
See also Australia and coal
 * Aid Watch
 * Anvil Hill Alliance
 * Bickham Coal-Mine Action Group
 * Barrington-Glouster-Stroud Preservation Alliance
 * Caroona Coal Action Group
 * Citizens' Climate Campaign
 * Climate Action Network Australia
 * Climate Action Newcastle
 * Enviornment Victoria CoalWatch
 * Hunter Community Environment Centre
 * FoE Australia
 * Greenpeace Australia Pacific
 * Indigenous Justice Advocacy Network
 * Marrickville Climate Action Now
 * Mineral Policy Institute
 * MWcan - Mid Western Community Action Network
 * Nepean Action Group
 * NSW Greens
 * Oxfam Australia
 * Rising Tide Australia
 * Rivers SOS
 * Save the Drip and Goulburn River
 * Six Degrees
 * Stop CSG (Coal Seam Gas) Illawarra
 * Western Downs Alliance
 * WWF Australia

Bangladesh
See also Bangladesh and coal
 * Cultural Survival
 * International Accountability Project
 * Mangrove Action Project
 * Phulbari Resistance
 * Phulbari Resistance, Facebook group
 * Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD)

Bulgaria
See also Bulgaria and coal
 * Bulgarian Energy Brigades

Burma

 * Kachin Development Networking Groups (KDNG)

Canada
See also Canada and coal
 * Citizens Against Strip Mining
 * CoalWatch Comox Valley Society
 * David Suzuki Foundation
 * Mining Watch Canada
 * Ontario Clean Air Alliance
 * Wilderness Committee

China
See also China and coal
 * Greenpeace China
 * Greenpeace China Hong Kong

India
See also India and coal
 * Conservation Action Trust
 * Environmental Protection Group, Orissa
 * India Youth Climate Network
 * Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee
 * Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group
 * Kuntala Lahiri Dutta Australia
 * Mines, Minerals and People
 * Samata
 * Vasudha Foundation

Indonesia
See also Indonesia and coal
 * Greenpeace SE Asia/Indonesia
 * Mining Advocacy Network
 * WALHI, Indonesian Forum for Environment / FoE Indonesia

Italy
See also Italy and coal
 * Movimento Nocoke Civitavecchia
 * No Coke Fighting Championship

Japan
See also Japan and coal
 * Greenpeace Japan

Malaysia
See also Malaysia and coal
 * Aliran
 * LEAP (Land Empowerment Animals People)
 * Sahabat Alam Malaysia
 * Third World Network

Mongolia
See also Mongolia and coal
 * ub pollution

Philippines
See also Philippines and coal
 * Cordillera Peoples Alliance
 * Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links
 * Kalikasan PNE
 * KAMP
 * Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KSK)/ FoE philippines
 * NGO Forum on the ADB
 * Philippine Climate Watch Alliance
 * Tebtebba
 * People of Pulupandan Against the Coal Plant
 * Banatenhons Against the Coal Fired Plant
 * Pinoy Kontra Coal: National Coalition of NGOs and Communities Against Coal

Scotland
See also United Kingdom and coal
 * Scottish Action on Climate Change
 * Scotland Against New Coal

South Africa
See also South Africa and coal
 * Alliance to Save Energy South Africa
 * Earthlife Africa
 * Climate Justice Now
 * groundWork
 * Federation for a Sustainable Environment

South Korea

 * Korean Federation for Environmental Movement

Thailand
See also Thailand and coal
 * World Wildlife Fund Thailand
 * Alternative Energy Project for Sustainability

Ukraine
See also Ukraine and coal
 * Ukranian Energy Brigades

United Kingdom
See also United Kingdom and coal
 * Climate Justice
 * Coal in the UK (activist mapping project)
 * The Coal Hole
 * Greenpeace UK
 * London Mining Network
 * Coal Action Network
 * Garswood Opencast Action Group
 * Huntington Lane Campaign to Protect Rural England
 * Minorca Opencast Protest Group
 * No New Coal
 * North East Opencast Action Group
 * Notts Against New Coal
 * Residents Against Ffos-y-Fran
 * Save Fairburn Ings
 * Scotland Against New Coal
 * Telford Against New Coal
 * Yorkshire Against New Coal

United States
See also United States and coal

National groups

 * 1Sky
 * Architecture 2030
 * Brighter Planet
 * Cape Farewell
 * Carbon Rally
 * Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA)
 * Center for Biological Diversity
 * The Chewoniki Foundation
 * Citizen's Climate Lobby
 * Citizens Coal Council
 * Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now (CLEAN)
 * Clean Air Watch
 * Clean Water Action
 * Clear the Air
 * Climate Ride 2008
 * Climate Ground Zero
 * CO2Kills.org
 * CoalSwarm
 * Coal Moratorium Now!
 * Co-op America
 * CREDO Mobile/Working Assets
 * Earth First!
 * Earthjustice
 * Earth Policy Institute
 * Earthworks
 * EcoEquity
 * Energy Action Coalition
 * Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
 * Energy Justice Network
 * Environmental Defense
 * Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
 * Environmental Integrity Project
 * Global Climate Campaign
 * GoLoco
 * Greenpeace USA
 * Heartwood
 * Izaak Walton League
 * Mercury Policy Project MPP
 * Mobilization for Climate Justice
 * National Parks Conservation Association
 * NRDC
 * The Partnership Project
 * Power Past Coal
 * Public Citizen
 * Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
 * Rainforest Action Network
 * Religious Witness for the Earth
 * Rising Tide North America
 * Ruckus Society
 * Save Our Environment.org
 * Sierra Club
 * Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
 * Susty
 * Taxpayers for Common Sense
 * Union of Concerned Scientists
 * U.S. Climate Emergency Council
 * Wind Power Solutions

Regional Groups

 * 700 Mountains
 * The Alliance For Appalachia
 * Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment
 * Appalachian Citizens Law Center
 * Appalachian Voices
 * Cascade Climate Network
 * Chesapeake Bay Foundation
 * Chesapeake Climate Action Network
 * Center for Coalfield Justice
 * Christians for the Mountains
 * Conservation Law Foundation
 * Dave Cooper’s Mountaintop Removal Road Show
 * Environment Northeast
 * Environmental Law and Policy Center
 * Friends of the Mountains
 * Grand Canyon Trust
 * Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light]
 * Heartland Coalfield Alliance
 * iLoveMountains.org
 * Indigenous Environmental Network
 * Land Stewardship Project
 * Mountain Justice
 * Mountain Justice Summer
 * Northwest Energy Coalition
 * RE-AMP
 * Renewable Northwest Project
 * San Juan Citizens Alliance
 * Skytruth
 * Southern Environmental Law Center
 * SouthWings
 * Southern Energy Network
 * Southern Sustainable Resources
 * Toxics Action Center (New England)
 * Valley Watch
 * Western Clean Energy Campaign
 * Western Environmental Law Center
 * Western Mining Action Network
 * Western Organization of Resource Councils
 * Western Resource Advocates
 * Wild Earth Guardians

Alabama
See also Alabama and coal
 * Black Warrior Riverkeeper
 * GASP (formerly Alabama First)

Alaska
See also Alaska and coal
 * Alaskans for Clean Water
 * Castle Mountain Coalition
 * Cook Inletkeeper
 * Friends of Mat-Su
 * MEA Ratepayers Alliance
 * Sierra Club Alaska Chapter
 * UtilityWatch
 * UAF Beyond Coal

Arizona
See also Arizona and coal
 * Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
 * Black Mesa Indigenous Support
 * Black Mesa Water Coalition, Enei Begaye, eneibegaye [at] mac.com
 * Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment

Arkansas
See also Arkansas and coal
 * Sierra Club Arkansas Chapter

California
See also California and coal
 * Just Transition Coalition

Colorado
See also Colorado and coal
 * Clean Energy Action
 * Environment Colorado
 * Rate Payers United of Colorado
 * Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter
 * Wind Power Solutions

Delaware
See also Delaware and coal
 * Citizens for Clean Power
 * Green Delaware
 * Sierra Club Delaware Chapter

Florida
See also Florida and coal
 * Big Bend Climate Action Team
 * Conservancy of Southwest Florida
 * Environment Florida
 * Florida Wildlife Federation
 * Save It Now, Glades
 * Sierra Club Florida Chapter

Georgia
See also Georgia and coal
 * CleanPower4Georgians
 * Cobb Alliance for Smart Energy
 * Co-op Conversations Georgia
 * Fall-line Alliance for Clean Environment
 * Friends of the Chattahoochee
 * GreenLaw
 * Sierra Club Georgia Chapter
 * Southern Energy Network

Illinois
See also Illinois and coal
 * Canton Area Citizen for Environmental Issues
 * Chicago Clean Power Coalition
 * Citizens Against Longwall Mining
 * Eco-Justice Collaborative
 * Faith in Place
 * Heartland Coalfield Alliance
 * Illinois Environmental Council
 * Illinois PIRG
 * Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO)
 * Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (PERRO)
 * Prairie Rivers Network
 * Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago
 * Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
 * Stand Up to Coal

Indiana
See also Indiana and coal
 * Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana
 * Hoosier Environmental Council
 * Heartland Coalfield Alliance
 * Polk & Associates
 * Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter

Iowa
See also Iowa and coal
 * Community Energy Solutions
 * Iowa City Sierra Club
 * Iowa Interfaith Climate & Energy Campaign
 * Plains Justice
 * Sierra Club Iowa Chapter

Kansas
See also Kansas and coal
 * The Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy
 * Sierra Club Kansas Chapter

Kentucky
See also Kentucky and coal
 * Coal River Mountain Watch
 * Heartland Coalfield Alliance
 * Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
 * Kentucky Environmental Foundation
 * Kentucky Riverkeeper
 * New Power
 * Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Berea, KY, phone: (859) 986-7565
 * Sierra Club Cumberland Chapter

Louisiana
See also Louisiana and coal
 * Alliance for Affordable Energy
 * Gulf Restoration Network
 * Louisiana Environmental Action Network
 * Sierra Club Delta Chapter

Maine
See also Maine and coal
 * Back River Alliance
 * Sierra Club Maine Chapter

Maryland
See also Maryland and coal
 * Students for a Sustainable Campus

Massachusetts
See also Massachusetts and coal
 * Clean Power Now
 * Conservation Law Foundation

Michigan
See also Michigan and coal
 * Citizens for Environmental Inquiry
 * Clean Energy Now
 * Co-op Conversations
 * East Michigan Environmental Action Council
 * Ecology Center
 * Environment Michigan
 * Environmental Law and Policy Center
 * Jobs and Energy in Michigan
 * Lansing Can Do Better
 * Lone Tree Council
 * Michigan Clean Water Action
 * Michigan Energy Alternatives Project
 * Michigan Environmental Council
 * Michigan Land Use Institute
 * Michigan League of Conservation Voters
 * MidlandCARES
 * National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
 * Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council
 * ProgressMichigan
 * Saginaw Chippewa Tribe
 * Quit Coal
 * Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter
 * West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Minnesota
See also Minnesota and coal
 * Citizens Against the Mesaba Project
 * Clean Energy Minnesota
 * Fresh Energy
 * Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
 * Sierra Club North Star Chapter

Mississippi
See also Mississippi and coal
 * Mississippi Sierra Club

Missouri
See also Missouri and coal
 * Burroughs Audubon Society
 * Clean Energy Works for Missouri
 * Climate Action St. Louis
 * Columbia Climate Change Coalition
 * Concerned Citizens of Carroll County
 * Concerned Citizens of Platte County
 * Labadie Environmental Organization
 * Missouri Coalition for the Environment
 * Missourians for Cleaner Cheaper Energy
 * Renew Missouri
 * Sierra Club Missouri Chapter

Montana
See also Montana and coal
 * Citizens for Clean Energy
 * Montana Environmental Information Center
 * Northern Plains Resource Council
 * Northern Rockies Rising Tide
 * UM Climate Action Now!

Nevada
See also Nevada and coal
 * Bristlecone Alliance
 * Friends of Nevada Wilderness
 * Keep It Rural: Southwestern Montana
 * Nevada Clean Energy Coalition
 * Nevada Conservation League
 * Sierra Club Nevada Chapter
 * Stop Toquop
 * Western Shoshone Defense Project

New Jersey
See also New Jersey and coal
 * The COALition to STOP PURGEN
 * Linden Society for Sustainable Development: 908-494-8448
 * Green Hearts Environmental Movement/Bloomfield College
 * People's Organization for Progress
 * Cornucopia NJetwork of NJ
 * NJ Sierra Club
 * Essex County Greens
 * N.J. Environmental Justice Alliance
 * Environmental Research Foundation
 * BlueWaveNJ

New Mexico
See also New Mexico and coal
 * Dooda Desert Rock
 * New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy
 * Sierra Club New Mexico Chapter

New York
See also New York and coal
 * Community Advocates for Safe Emissions
 * Concerned Citizens Group of the Jamestown Area
 * Environmental Advocates of New York
 * Jamesville Positive Action Committee (JAM-PAC)
 * New York Climate Action Group
 * New York Loves Mountains
 * Scriba Coalition of Responsible Citizens
 * Sierra Club New York Chapter
 * Clean Energy for Jamestown

North Carolina
See also North Carolina and coal
 * Asheville Rising Tide
 * Canary Coalition
 * North Carolina Waste Awareness And Reduction Network
 * Sierra Club North Carolina Chapter
 * StopCliffside.org
 * Western North Carolina Alliance

North Dakota
See also North Dakota and coal
 * Dakota Resource Council
 * Dakotah Chapter of the Sierra Club
 * No Rush Coalition

Ohio
See also Ohio and coal
 * Cleveland Climate Watch
 * Counter COALture Coalition
 * EarthWatch Ohio
 * Free the Planet! - Ohio State University
 * Meigs Citizens Action Now
 * Ohio Citizen Action
 * Ohio Environmental Council
 * OU Beyond Coal
 * Sierra Club Ohio Chapter

Oklahoma
See also Oklahoma and coal
 * Center for Energy Matters
 * Sequoyah County Clean Air Coalition

Oregon
See also Oregon and coal
 * Columbia Riverkeeper
 * Sierra Club Oregon Chapter

Pennsylvania
See also Pennsylvania and coal
 * Action Pennsylvania
 * Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
 * Center for Coalfield Justice
 * Group Against Smog and Pollution
 * Mountain Watershed Association
 * Residents Against the Power Plant
 * Schuylkill Taxpayers Opposed to Pollution
 * Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter
 * Ten Mile Protection Network
 * Truth About Gob

South Carolina
See also South Carolina and coal
 * Coastal Conservation League
 * Conservation Voters of South Carolina
 * Sierra Club South Carolina Chapter
 * South Carolina Wildlife Federation

South Dakota
See also South Dakota and coal
 * Beyond Big Stone II
 * South Dakota Clean Water Action

Tennessee
See also Tennessee and coal
 * LEAF - Lindquist Environmental Appalachian Fellowship
 * Save Our Cumberland Mountains
 * Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network
 * United Mountain Defense

Texas
See also Texas and coal
 * East Texas Environmental Concerns Organization
 * Houston Climate Protection Alliance
 * No Coal Coalition
 * Robertson County Our Land Our Lives
 * Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
 * Stop the Coal Plant
 * Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition (SEED)
 * Stop the Coal Plant
 * Texans Protecting Our Water, Environment, and Resources
 * Clean Economy Coalition

Utah
See also Utah and coal
 * Citizens for Dixie's Future
 * Less Coal (Petition to Warren Buffet)
 * Peaceful Uprising
 * Sevier Citizens for Clean Air and Water
 * Sierra Club Utah Chapter
 * Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
 * Utah Moms for Clean Air
 * Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment

Virginia
See also Virginia and coal
 * Blue Ridge Earth First
 * The Clinch Coalition
 * Concerned Citizens of Giles County
 * Mountain Justice Blacksburg
 * RRENEW Collective
 * Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
 * Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
 * Surry Justice, surry-justice AT googlegroups.com
 * Virginia Tech Beyond Coal
 * Wise Energy for Virginia
 * Williamsburg Climate Action Network

Washington
See also Washington (state) and coal
 * Coal-Free Washington Campaign
 * Columbia Riverkeeper
 * Communitywise Bellinghame
 * Earth Ministry and Washington Interfaith Power and Light
 * Landowners and Citizens for a Safe Community
 * Rosemere Neighborhood Association
 * Sierra Club
 * Sierra Club Cascade Chapter
 * Washington Environmental Council
 * Whitman College Campus Climate Challenge
 * Willapa Hills Audubon Society

West Virginia
See also West Virginia and coal
 * Aurora Lights
 * Citizens for Alternatives to Longview Power
 * Coal River Mountain Watch
 * Coal River Mountain Wind Project
 * Greenbrier River Watershed Association
 * Keeper of the Mountains Foundation
 * Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
 * Sierra Club West Virginia Chapter
 * Taylor Environmental Advocacy Network
 * West Virginia Environmental Council
 * West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
 * West Virginia Rivers Coalition

Wisconsin
See also Wisconsin and coal
 * Clean Wisconsin
 * Sierra Club John Muir Chapter
 * Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board

Wyoming
See also Wyoming and coal
 * Powder River Basin Resource Council
 * Sierra Club Wyoming Chapter
 * Wyoming Conservation Voters
 * Wyoming Conservation Voters Education Fund
 * Wyoming Outdoor Council

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